Since you will probably end up needing an indicator variable you could
also go with
g byte hyper = !strpos(hypertension, "no") if !mi(hypertension)
Best
Daniel
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I have a dataset with the string variable hypertension. Observations
of the variable hypertension can be mild, moderate, and severe or no
hypt (no hypertension):
[...]
I would like to create a new variable, hypertension_status, which
‘distingushes’ if an individual is hypertensive or not.
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